“Amhara extremists have turned back to Ataye because their deadliest massacre plan in Wollega has not worked out.” was the caption used by a Facebook page. The Page uses the map of the Amhara region and from the map points to an image claiming to show Amhara militias in Fortress.
However, HaqCheck has inspected the image used to support the claim and rendered it False.
https://haqcheck.org/does-the-image-show-armed-amhara-militias-launching-an-assault-on-ataye/
However, HaqCheck has inspected the image used to support the claim and rendered it False.
https://haqcheck.org/does-the-image-show-armed-amhara-militias-launching-an-assault-on-ataye/
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Does the image show armed Amhara militias launching an assault on Ataye? - HaqCheck
A Facebook page with more than 38 thousand followers shared a post on Jul 12, 2022, Captioned “Amhara extremists have turned back to Ataye because their deadliest massacre plan in Wollega has not worked out.” The Page uses the map of the Amhara region and…
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HaqCheck looked into a claim that Yonas Zewde, a former communications chief at the Addis Ababa City Administration resigned from his post due to rampant corruption. However, HaqCheck confirmed that he did not resign from his previous post and was just appointed to another position by the administration.
https://bit.ly/3RCL5e8
https://bit.ly/3RCL5e8
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Fake News Alert: Yonas Zewde did not resign; he is just assigned to a different position - HaqCheck
A viral claim appeared on Facebook on June 15 reporting that Yonas Zewde, the head of the Communications Office of the Addis Ababa City Administration, resigned from his position. The post further explained that the communications head resigned because of…
“This baby is not the Rwandan Tutsi Immaculée [Immaculée Ilibagiza] ... She is the Ethiopian Amhara Immaculée who survived to tell us what really happened," reads the caption given to a picture post by a Facebook page with more than 200 thousand followers. However, HaqCheck inspected the image and rendered it False.
https://haqcheck.org/does-the-image-show-a-recent-victim-of-the-massacre-in-ethiopia/
https://haqcheck.org/does-the-image-show-a-recent-victim-of-the-massacre-in-ethiopia/
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Does the image show a recent victim of the Massacre in Ethiopia? - HaqCheck
A Facebook page with more than 200 thousand followers shared an image on Jul 14, captioned, “This baby is not the Rwandan Tutsi Immaculée [Immaculée Ilibagiza] … She is the Ethiopian Amhara Immaculée who survived to tell us what really happened. Abiy Ahmed…
A Facebook page with more than 54 thousand followers shared a collection of images featuring the Canadian PM Justin Trudeau, Director of the WHO Dr.Tedros Adhanom, Indian movie actor Sha Rukh Khan, and the football legend Pele all wearing a similar academic dress of red gown with a yellow velvet hood, captioned with lines of a song from a popular Tigrigna singer that reads, “The Tigrean flag does whatever it wants without bragging”. However, HaqCheck interrogated the claim and rendered it False.
https://haqcheck.org/does-the-academic-dress-recently-worn-by-tedros-adhanom-represent-the-flag-of-tigray/
https://haqcheck.org/does-the-academic-dress-recently-worn-by-tedros-adhanom-represent-the-flag-of-tigray/
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Does the academic dress recently worn by Tedros Adhanom represent the Flag of Tigray? - HaqCheck
A Facebook page with more than 54 thousand followers shared on July 17 a collection of images featuring the Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Director of the World Health Organization Tedros Adhanom (Ph.D.), Indian movie actor Sha Rukh Khan, and the…
HaqCheck looked into an image-backed claim that Somali regional forces recently killed militants of AlShabaab in the Somali regional state and confirmed that the image was old and doesn't support the claim.
https://haqcheck.org/no-the-image-doesnt-show-recent-fighting-between-al-shabaab-and-somali-regional-forces-in-ethiopia/
https://haqcheck.org/no-the-image-doesnt-show-recent-fighting-between-al-shabaab-and-somali-regional-forces-in-ethiopia/
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No: The image doesn't show recent fighting between Al Shabaab and Somali regional forces in Ethiopia - HaqCheck
A viral Facebook post appeared on June 21 sharing an image with a claim that Somali regional forces recently killed militants of AlShabaab in the Elekere woreda of the Somali Regional State. The claim stated that the Al Shabaab militias entered the Somali…
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ከሰሞኑ የጠቅላይ ሚኒስትር አብይ አህመድ ከሚድያ መጥፋትን ተከትሎ ከ291 ሺህ በላይ ተከታይ ካላቸው የቴሌግራም ቻናሎች እስከ 10ሺህ በላይ ተከታይ እስካላቸው የፌስቡክ ገጾች ድረስ “ጠ/ሚ አብይ አህመድ ኮማ ውስጥ መሆናቸው ተረጋግጧል” የሚሉና ጠቅላይ ሚኒስትሩ “በcerebro vascular accident (stroke) ተጠቅተው ኮማ ውስጥ ገብተዋል” በሚል መግለጫ የተደገፈ አንድ ምስል በማህበራዊ ሚድያው ላይ ሲዘዋወር ቆይቷል።
ሀቅቼክ ይህንን ምስል የዛሬ አመት ጥር 16 ቀን 2013 ዓ.ም ላይ ታጁዲን አህማዲ በተባለ እና ከ 3900 በላይ ጓደኞች ባሉት የፌስቡክ የግል አካውንት ላይ ተጋርቶ አግኝቶት የነበረ ሲሆን በወቅቱም የጠቅላይ ጽ/ቤት በጠ/ሚ አብይ አህመድ ደህንነትን በተመለከተ የሚሰራጩ መረጃዎች ሀሰተኛ መሆናቸውን በይፋዊ ገጹ ላይ አስታውቆ ነበር።
ምስሉ Gofund me በተባለ እርዳታ ማሰባሰቢያ ድረ-ገፅ ላይ ቢዱሀን ታፓ የተባለ ሰው በደረሰበት የልብ ምት መቋረጥ (cardiac arrest) ምክንያት ሲረዳበት በነበረው ጆን ሆፕኪንስ ሆስፒታል መሞቱን ተከትሎ የታማሚውን ሚስት ፕሪሲላ ራይንን ለመርዳት በማሰብ ምስሉን በመጠቀም በድረ ገጹ ላይ ገንዘብ ለማሰባሰብ የተጋራ ምስል እንደሆነ ታውቋል።
ሀቅቼክ በዚህ ምስል ዙሪያ ከዚህ ቀደም ያስነበበውን ፅሁፍ ሙሉውን ያንብቡ።
https://bityl.co/DRWW
ከሰሞኑ የጠቅላይ ሚኒስትር አብይ አህመድ ከሚድያ መጥፋትን ተከትሎ ከ291 ሺህ በላይ ተከታይ ካላቸው የቴሌግራም ቻናሎች እስከ 10ሺህ በላይ ተከታይ እስካላቸው የፌስቡክ ገጾች ድረስ “ጠ/ሚ አብይ አህመድ ኮማ ውስጥ መሆናቸው ተረጋግጧል” የሚሉና ጠቅላይ ሚኒስትሩ “በcerebro vascular accident (stroke) ተጠቅተው ኮማ ውስጥ ገብተዋል” በሚል መግለጫ የተደገፈ አንድ ምስል በማህበራዊ ሚድያው ላይ ሲዘዋወር ቆይቷል።
ሀቅቼክ ይህንን ምስል የዛሬ አመት ጥር 16 ቀን 2013 ዓ.ም ላይ ታጁዲን አህማዲ በተባለ እና ከ 3900 በላይ ጓደኞች ባሉት የፌስቡክ የግል አካውንት ላይ ተጋርቶ አግኝቶት የነበረ ሲሆን በወቅቱም የጠቅላይ ጽ/ቤት በጠ/ሚ አብይ አህመድ ደህንነትን በተመለከተ የሚሰራጩ መረጃዎች ሀሰተኛ መሆናቸውን በይፋዊ ገጹ ላይ አስታውቆ ነበር።
ምስሉ Gofund me በተባለ እርዳታ ማሰባሰቢያ ድረ-ገፅ ላይ ቢዱሀን ታፓ የተባለ ሰው በደረሰበት የልብ ምት መቋረጥ (cardiac arrest) ምክንያት ሲረዳበት በነበረው ጆን ሆፕኪንስ ሆስፒታል መሞቱን ተከትሎ የታማሚውን ሚስት ፕሪሲላ ራይንን ለመርዳት በማሰብ ምስሉን በመጠቀም በድረ ገጹ ላይ ገንዘብ ለማሰባሰብ የተጋራ ምስል እንደሆነ ታውቋል።
ሀቅቼክ በዚህ ምስል ዙሪያ ከዚህ ቀደም ያስነበበውን ፅሁፍ ሙሉውን ያንብቡ።
https://bityl.co/DRWW
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DTU Students Page (የደብረታቦር ዩኒቨርሲቲ የተማሪዎች ገፅ) በሚል ስም የተከፈተ እና ከ18ሺህ በላይ ተከታይ ያለው የፌስቡክ ገፅ ሐምሌ 18 ፤ 2014 ዓ.ም “አትሌት ኮ/ል ደራርቱ ቱሉ ላደረገችው አስተዋፅኦ ከአለም ኦሎምፒክ ኮሚቴ እጅግ ዘመናዊ BMW መኪና ተሸለመች” በሚል የፅሁፍ መግለጫ አትሌት ደራርቱ ቱሉ ከአንድ ፈረንጅ ሴት ጎን ቆማ የምትታይበት ምስል አጋርቶ ነበር። ስለ አትሌቷ የዘመናዊ BMW መኪና መሸለም የተገኘ መረጃ ባይኖርም ምስሉ የተቀናበረ እና ሀሰተኛ መሆኑ ተረጋግጧል። አትሌት ደራርቱ ቱሉ ከአንድ ፈረንጅ ሴት ጎን ቆማ የምትታይበት የመጀመሪያውና ትክክለኛው ምስል ሐምሌ 2 ፤ 2014 ዓ.ም ላይ “Ira BMW Stratham” በተሰኘ የትዊተር አካውንት ላይ ተገኝቷል። ስለዚህም ምስሉ የተቀነባበረ ነው።
የተጣሩ መረጃዎችን በተለያዩ ቋንቋዎች ከሀቅቼክ ገፆች ያግኙ፡
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DTU Students Page (የደብረታቦር ዩኒቨርሲቲ የተማሪዎች ገፅ) በሚል ስም የተከፈተ እና ከ18ሺህ በላይ ተከታይ ያለው የፌስቡክ ገፅ ሐምሌ 18 ፤ 2014 ዓ.ም “አትሌት ኮ/ል ደራርቱ ቱሉ ላደረገችው አስተዋፅኦ ከአለም ኦሎምፒክ ኮሚቴ እጅግ ዘመናዊ BMW መኪና ተሸለመች” በሚል የፅሁፍ መግለጫ አትሌት ደራርቱ ቱሉ ከአንድ ፈረንጅ ሴት ጎን ቆማ የምትታይበት ምስል አጋርቶ ነበር። ስለ አትሌቷ የዘመናዊ BMW መኪና መሸለም የተገኘ መረጃ ባይኖርም ምስሉ የተቀናበረ እና ሀሰተኛ መሆኑ ተረጋግጧል። አትሌት ደራርቱ ቱሉ ከአንድ ፈረንጅ ሴት ጎን ቆማ የምትታይበት የመጀመሪያውና ትክክለኛው ምስል ሐምሌ 2 ፤ 2014 ዓ.ም ላይ “Ira BMW Stratham” በተሰኘ የትዊተር አካውንት ላይ ተገኝቷል። ስለዚህም ምስሉ የተቀነባበረ ነው።
የተጣሩ መረጃዎችን በተለያዩ ቋንቋዎች ከሀቅቼክ ገፆች ያግኙ፡
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Summary of the disinformation and controversial contents HaqCheck observed during the third week of June.
https://haqcheck.org/july-week-three-disinformation-summary/
https://haqcheck.org/july-week-three-disinformation-summary/
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July week three disinformation summary - HaqCheck
Tedros Adhanom’s academic dress claimed to represent the Tigray flag There were controversial and false claims all over social media platforms that the academic dress worn by Tedros Adhanom when he received an honorary degree from Edinburg University represents…
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HaqCheck's July week four summary.
https://haqcheck.org/july-week-four-disinformation-trend-summary/
https://haqcheck.org/july-week-four-disinformation-trend-summary/
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July week four disinformation trend summary - HaqCheck
Faked Twitter handles One of the disinformation techniques is circulating false information with social media accounts that impersonate celebrities and popular personalities. HaqCheck came across a faked Twitter handle creating controversies as people can…
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ሳምንታዊ የሀቅቼክ ፕሮግራም በ አርትስ ቴሊቪዥን እና በአዲስ ዘይቤ የ ዩቲዩብ ቻናል ላይ ይከታተሉን።
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“Amhara people in Ethiopia every place been targeted by their identity by the genocidal government of Ethiopia.” reads a post shared on Twitter with two images and a descriptive text on Jul 26. However, HaqCheck inspected the image and rendered the post Partly-False.
https://haqcheck.org/does-the-image-show-amhara-victims-of-the-massacre-in-ethiopia/
https://haqcheck.org/does-the-image-show-amhara-victims-of-the-massacre-in-ethiopia/
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Does the image show Amhara victims of the massacre in Ethiopia? - HaqCheck
A Twitter account with more than 4 thousand followers shared two images with a descriptive text on Jul 26, captioned “Amhara people in Ethiopia every place been targeted by their identity by the genocidal government of Ethiopia.” One of the images is a graphic…
HaqCheck debunked an image-backed claim that there was recently a public protest in Mekelle and other towns in Tigray.
https://haqcheck.org/no-the-image-doesnt-show-a-recent-public-protest-in-mekelle/
https://haqcheck.org/no-the-image-doesnt-show-a-recent-public-protest-in-mekelle/
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No: The image doesn't show a recent public protest in Mekelle. - HaqCheck
An image of the front page of the Reporter newspaper has been circulating with a bold headline that reads, “TPLF [Tigray People’s Liberation Front] is facing a fierce protest in Mekele of Sebaa Anderta”. Different Facebook posts shared the image across the…
In spite of the fact that there is an ongoing drought in the Horn of Africa, this image doesn't show a current drought or famine in the region.
https://haqcheck.org/no-the-image-doesnt-show-a-recent-famine-in-the-horn-of-africa/
https://haqcheck.org/no-the-image-doesnt-show-a-recent-famine-in-the-horn-of-africa/
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No: The image doesn’t show a recent famine in the Horn of Africa. - HaqCheck
An article about ongoing extreme food shortage and famine in the Horn of Africa countries such as South Sudan, Somalia, and Ethiopia was published on a website. An image that shows famine-stricken infants was incorporated into the article. Although there…
A Twitter account shared a post on Aug 2, 2022, captioned, “URGENT! HIDDEN #genocide #WeaponizedStarvation in Oromia under Command Post since 2018…” and attached three images. However, HaqCheck inspected the images and rendered the post Partly-False.
https://haqcheck.org/does-the-image-show-the-drought-in-ethiopia-oromia-region/
https://haqcheck.org/does-the-image-show-the-drought-in-ethiopia-oromia-region/
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Does the image show the drought in Ethiopia [Oromia region]? - HaqCheck
A Twitter account shared a post on Aug 2, 2022, captioned, “URGENT! HIDDEN #genocide #WeaponizedStarvation in Oromia under Command Post since 2018…” and attached three images. The image was also shared on YouTube and other two Facebook posts. However, HaqCheck…
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HaqCheck debunked an image-backed claim that a person shown in the pictures was healed with traditional medicine.
https://haqcheck.org/false-the-image-doesnt-show-a-person-healed-with-traditional-medicine/
https://haqcheck.org/false-the-image-doesnt-show-a-person-healed-with-traditional-medicine/
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False: The image doesn’t show a person healed with traditional medicine. - HaqCheck
A Facebook post appeared on Aug 7 2022 sharing an image that shows two pictures of a young man. The before-after pictures show a person who had a serious leg injury and was recently healed. The image was shared along with a text post that indicates that the…
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በተለያዩ የማህበራዊ ሚድያ አውታሮች ላይ የሚዘዋወረውን ይህን ምስል ያጋሩ ፖስቶች አሜሪካዊው ቢልየነር ቢልጌትስ በተደረገለት አንድ ቃለ መጠይቅ ላይ ጋዜጠኛዋ ስለ ስኬቱ ሚስጥር በጠየቀችው ጊዜ አንድ ባዶ ቼክ አውጥቶ የፈለገችውን ያህል የገንዘብ መጠን እንድትፅፍ ቢነግራትም ጋዜጠኛዋ በተደጋጋሚ ቼኩን እንደመለሰች ያስነብባሉ። በመጨረሻም አሜሪካዊው ቢልየነር ቢልጌትስ የስኬቱ ሁሉ ሚስጥር እንደሷ ያገኛቸውን እድሎች አለማሳለፉ እንደሆነ እንደነገራትና ሊሰጣት የነበረውን ቼክ ተቀብሏት እንደቀደደው ፅፈዋል።
ይህ መረጃ በሀገራችን ኢትዮጵያ በቻ ሳይሆን በአለም ላይ በተለያዩ ማህበራዊ ሚድያዎች ላይ ሲዘዋወር የቆየ ነው።
ነገር ግን ምስሉ የተወሰደው የተለያዩ ታዋቂ እንዲሁም ተፅዕኖ ፈጣሪ ግለሰቦችን በማቅረብ ቃለ-ምልልሶችን በሚያደርገው እና This Morning በተሰኘው የቴሌቪዥን ሾው ላይ የነበረ ሲሆን ቪድዮው ጥቅምት 16 ቀን 2009 ዓ.ም በቴሌቪዥኑ ይፋዊ የዩቲዩብ ቻናል ላይ ተጋርቷል።
በፕሮግራሙ ላይም ስለ ቢልየነሩ የግል ጉዳዮች እና ስለሚያወጣቸው ወጪዎች የተጠየቀበት አጭር ፕሮግራም ሲሆን እነዚህ የማህበራዊ ሚድያ ፖስቶች እንደሚናገሩት በምስሉ ላይ ጋዜጠኛዋ የምትመልስለት ባዶ ቼክ ሳይሆን This Morning የሚል ፅሁፍ ያለበት ኩባያ በስጦታ መልክ ስታበረክትለት ነው።
ምስሉን ለማጣራት ሀቅቼክ ሙሉ ቪድዮውን የተመለከተ ሲሆን በቪድዮው ውስጥ ቢልጌት ለጋዜጠኛዋ የሰጣት ምንም አይነት ቼክ እንደሌለ አረጋግጧል። ከዚህ በተጨማሪ ቢልየነሩ ለጋዜጠኛዋ ቼክ እንዳቀረበላት የሚያሳይ ምንም መረጃ ማግኘት አልተቻለም።
በተለያዩ የማህበራዊ ሚድያ አውታሮች ላይ የሚዘዋወረውን ይህን ምስል ያጋሩ ፖስቶች አሜሪካዊው ቢልየነር ቢልጌትስ በተደረገለት አንድ ቃለ መጠይቅ ላይ ጋዜጠኛዋ ስለ ስኬቱ ሚስጥር በጠየቀችው ጊዜ አንድ ባዶ ቼክ አውጥቶ የፈለገችውን ያህል የገንዘብ መጠን እንድትፅፍ ቢነግራትም ጋዜጠኛዋ በተደጋጋሚ ቼኩን እንደመለሰች ያስነብባሉ። በመጨረሻም አሜሪካዊው ቢልየነር ቢልጌትስ የስኬቱ ሁሉ ሚስጥር እንደሷ ያገኛቸውን እድሎች አለማሳለፉ እንደሆነ እንደነገራትና ሊሰጣት የነበረውን ቼክ ተቀብሏት እንደቀደደው ፅፈዋል።
ይህ መረጃ በሀገራችን ኢትዮጵያ በቻ ሳይሆን በአለም ላይ በተለያዩ ማህበራዊ ሚድያዎች ላይ ሲዘዋወር የቆየ ነው።
ነገር ግን ምስሉ የተወሰደው የተለያዩ ታዋቂ እንዲሁም ተፅዕኖ ፈጣሪ ግለሰቦችን በማቅረብ ቃለ-ምልልሶችን በሚያደርገው እና This Morning በተሰኘው የቴሌቪዥን ሾው ላይ የነበረ ሲሆን ቪድዮው ጥቅምት 16 ቀን 2009 ዓ.ም በቴሌቪዥኑ ይፋዊ የዩቲዩብ ቻናል ላይ ተጋርቷል።
በፕሮግራሙ ላይም ስለ ቢልየነሩ የግል ጉዳዮች እና ስለሚያወጣቸው ወጪዎች የተጠየቀበት አጭር ፕሮግራም ሲሆን እነዚህ የማህበራዊ ሚድያ ፖስቶች እንደሚናገሩት በምስሉ ላይ ጋዜጠኛዋ የምትመልስለት ባዶ ቼክ ሳይሆን This Morning የሚል ፅሁፍ ያለበት ኩባያ በስጦታ መልክ ስታበረክትለት ነው።
ምስሉን ለማጣራት ሀቅቼክ ሙሉ ቪድዮውን የተመለከተ ሲሆን በቪድዮው ውስጥ ቢልጌት ለጋዜጠኛዋ የሰጣት ምንም አይነት ቼክ እንደሌለ አረጋግጧል። ከዚህ በተጨማሪ ቢልየነሩ ለጋዜጠኛዋ ቼክ እንዳቀረበላት የሚያሳይ ምንም መረጃ ማግኘት አልተቻለም።
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